Lydian

//ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
  2. 2
    an Anatolian language spoken in the region of Lydia wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate. not-comparable

    "And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.

Synonyms

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englishlanguagelydian languagemaeonianmaeonianwriting system

Example

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""Seas remain / to plough, long years of exile must be thine, / ere thou at length Hesperia's land shalt gain, / where Lydian Tiber glides through many a peopled plain.""

Etymology

From Lydia + -an.

Related phrases

indo european

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